Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- A cautionary tale of relying on demographic projections – FT
- Saudi floats idea to lift oil prices but Iran, Russia reject cuts – Reuters
- Why Negative Interest Rates Are Becoming the New Normal – NY Times
Americas:
- Officials: San Bernardino shooter appears radicalized – www.cnn.com
- Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting – NY Times
- GOP offers prayers, not solutions, on Calif. massacre – NY Daily News
- Testimony–Yellen, Economic Outlook–December 3, 2015 – Federal Reserve
- Feds Win Fight Over Risky-Looking Loans – WSJ
- Jewish Republicans Boo Trump – weeklystandard.com
- Donald Trump Kept Repeating Jewish Stereotypes In Speech To Jewish Republicans – Buzz Feed
- Fed emergency lending – Brookings
Europe:
- Monetary policy decisions – European Union
- ECB pledges to extend QE until March 2017 ‘or beyond’ – FT
- European monetary policy: a mild disappointment, but the easing show is not over – pictet.com
- ECB Cuts Deposit Rate to Minus 0.30%, Benchmark Interest Unchanged at 0.05% – Bloomberg
- EU ministers weigh temporary Schengen suspension – FT
Asia:
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- Chinese military confirms HQs to go in dramatic shake-up to rid challenge to Communist Party’s leadership – South China Morning Post
- China says no basis for the yuan to continue to devalue: PBOC – Reuters
- China’s Fitful Economic Reforms – NY Times
- China Calls Hacking of U.S. Workers’ Data a Crime, Not a State Act – NY Times
- China’s Blast of Fresh Air Quiets Calls for Beijing Mayor’s Head – Bloomberg Business
- Banks Raise Dams, Fend Off Toxic Debt Crisis – Caixin
Local:
- Turnbull: Abbott ‘deluded, psychopath’ – Canberra Times
- Turnbull names Martin Parkinson PM&C head – Canberra Times
- Parko: Australia’s luck has run out – Canberra Times
- Defection dogs scrappy end to yearr – Canberra Times
- Morrison lauds corporate tax deal with Greens – Canberra Times
- Wages are weak, why are we spending? – Canberra Times
- Coalition in for the long haul – The Australian
- Public servants feel wages pinch – The Australian
- Why a $23,000 Audi in Auckland costs $35,000 in Sydney – The AFR
- Time for action on innovation – The AFR
- Mining bust tames cowboy state – The AFR
- Mad Adam: Net foreign debt hits $1 trillion: reason to panic? – Business Spectator
- Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine delays first iron ore exports – ABC News
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